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• Model business plan for investor distribution and review.• Fashion presentations to illustrate the core business plan, market sector, competitive advantage and mission.• Collaborate with team to forge the strategic direction of the company.• Create the basis for the insurance, financial systems, human resources and general financial policy and practice for the company.• Craft presentations and pitches to potential investors and venture capital personnel.• Coalesce marketing, production, broadcast transmission and revenue into a coherent business plan.• Co-author business plan for presentation to investors.• Work with team to rebrand company and file trademark for new name.

o Maintained ongoing analysis of the television program P&L portfolio, Division performance and partner obligations for senior management.o Periodically prepared and reported Accounts Receivable analysis of partner revenue and contractual obligations totaling $45 million utilizing Microsoft Excel pivot tables.o Communicated monthly financial results and provided insight into variances from budget.o Responsible for weekly payroll oversight and 3rd party provider relationship for $9 million yearly spend.o Spearheaded the adoption of Bank of America’s Works system to reduce cash exposure and ease of access to funds, able to cut cash exposure by 50% and reduced access time to funds from 5 days to 3 hours.o Collaborated with Business Development and Legal and Business Affairs to negotiate and evaluate deals.o Consulted with Business Systems Development and Accounts Payable to maintain and develop protocol for proprietary Production Database system increase productivity and ease of reporting.o Reviewed and approved program budgets in EP Budgeting with interface to proprietary FileMaker Pro database as well as PeopleSoft. o Tracked and oversaw the program production progress.o Reported program production progress to NGV management noting problems and solutions.o Created and approved program P&L’s; analyzed and reported on actuals vs. P&L’s.o Provided financial analysis and return of investment (ROI) for equipment acquisitions and space requirements. o Analyzed business partnerships with production service providers and others in order to leverage revenue and investment sources such as foreign government tax credits.

A&E Television Networks is multi-national broadcaster whose networks include A&E, the History Channel, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Channel, Biography Channel and Military Channel.Performed monthly analysis of $22 million operating budget for production, network services, post-production and interactive areas.Oversaw $9 million capital budget and $9.6 million wraps budget.Managed special projects for the SVP of Production and Broadcast Operations (e.g., spearhead digital asset management, broadcast facility analysis and digital commercial retrieval initiatives).Collaborated with Production Management team to allocate resources for in-house productions, wraps for acquired programs, promotional shoots and interstitials.Worked in conjunction with Human Resources, Payroll and Outsource Agents to establish and execute pay policy for freelancers and day players.Analyzed the financial impact of converting "permalancers" to staff. Director of Finance - Ad and Affiliate Sales, A&E Television Networks; Managed $24 million budget for Ad Sales, Affiliate Sales, Creative Services and Research.Conducted special projects for the SVP of Ad and Affiliate Sales Group.Oversaw the incentive award program for the entire ad and affiliate sales force for the company.

The Bachelder Group is a specialty consulting firm that concentrates on advisory compensation analysis for senior executives (primarily CEOs) and corporate boards for Fortune 500 companies.Supervised and coordinated all analyst activity for both internal and external projects. Analyzed and structured compensation on behalf of senior management for presentation to their corporate boards for the enactment of new salary structures and parameters.Evaluated financial structures for specialized compensation for executives with regard to tax, estate and pension consequences and specific individual goals.

was the parent corporation of a multi-national entertainment company that included music (PolyGram Records, Motown, A&M Records, Island Records) and movie production (Working Title Films, Island Films) that was acquired by Universal Music Group.Oversaw day-to-day financial operations of the Information Technology Group, which included the management of a $13.7 million operating budget and $3.0 million capital budget.Negotiated lease activity, including $3.8 million facility to get off-balance sheet treatment.Performed special projects for SVP of Financial Operations including market analysis, project evaluation and monitoring and budget preparation.

to become one of the largest global banking concerns with interests in financial markets around the world including North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.Engaged in credit negotiations with clients on both bilateral and syndicated transactions.Performed credit analysis for Fortune 500 energy and manufacturing concerns.Evaluated the company risk associated with existing and proposed credit facilities.Promoted twice

was the parent company of the consulting business that ultimately became Accenture, the general consulting concern. Created the testing format for the new payroll system for Morgan Guaranty.Implemented a tutorial program for users of a new computer system in the state of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Designed teaching modules and formats.Wrote software for use in the Naval Air Logistics Command Management Information System.